Conte has also coached Italy’s national team, as well as Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan.
Patients are not getting enough help dealing with a healthcare system that is growing increasingly complex, according to researchers and other experts in care delivery. They say more frequent insurance complications, doctor and drug shortages, and a lack of communication all make life harder for people with serious or chronic illnesses.“Just about anything you can think of, it’s now harder to get it done, basically,” said Elisabeth Schuler, founder and president of Patient Navigator, a business that helps people get through the system.
More care providers and employers are offering help guiding people, a practice the federal Medicare program. But that assistance has limits.Patients with serious or chronic illnesses face a web of challenges. They include:
— Coordinating doctor appointments and tests, often while working or undergoing treatment.— Dealing with coverage denials or care delays due to insurer pre-approval requirements.
— Figuring out how to fill a prescription if they can’t get coverage or their medication lands on a growing list of
— Acting as a go-between for doctors and specialists who don’t talk to each other.The reductions, part of larger Trump administration cuts, come amid a surge in cruise ship outbreaks fueled by a new strain of norovirus.
So far this year, there have beenreported on cruise ships in the CDC’s jurisdiction, mostly from norovirus, compared with 18 outbreaks in all of 2024 and 14 in 2023, VSP reports show. U.S. officials conducted nearly 200 inspections of 150 ships last year.
“Certainly it’s something that would be on my mind if was getting ready to get on that cruise ship,” said Donald Schaffner, a food science expert at Rutgers University.Here’s what you need to know about staying safe on board: